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SPACE ORBIT

By oxxar, guldfisk and Douglas Driving

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2683.9227
Fun1873.9427
Innovation1234.0027
Theme2854.0527
Graphics7993.5627
Audio3493.7027
Mood2143.9627

Comments

comari 2020-10-05 21:17

Very fun and a unique gameplay experience. Thanks for your submission.

bentebent 2020-10-05 21:19

Alright, I really enjoyed this one. The interpretation of the theme is on point, navigating through gravitational fields feels really good and the mood is on point, well done!

gingerbill 2020-10-05 21:22

I love this gravity game. Very clever concept with a very good difficulty curve to it.

rucksack 2020-10-05 21:28

Nice game! The controls feel good and the theme is well respected, especially when you get stuck in orbit without fuel (maybe add a restart button for this situation). I would suggest increasing the size of the spaceship and zooming out a bit. It's difficult to see a planet coming, and then you have no possibility to evade.

jdeedubs 2020-10-05 21:41

This is an incredible game!

It feels very fluid and fun to glide around and explore the solar system. The camera action is really satisfying, and you've established a great sense of scale. The gravity and momentum are very well implemented-- It feels scary to get close to the larger planets.

I love the attention to detail, too. Things like the navigation lights on the ship, the orientation arrow, the little pull of fuel towards your ship, and the in-game start screen all add a very nice polish to a very strong game.

Maybe I'm a potato, but the game is very hard; that's my only criticism really. Maybe it's the zero tolerance for crashing, but after about a dozen playthroughs, I haven't collected more than 20 resources.

Regardless, this is really impressive. Really well done!

martroks 2020-10-05 22:57

Really liked this game! The gravity feels really good! Just the right difficulty, great job :)

ancient-pixel 2020-10-06 18:02

i loved the atmosphere and zooming though the gravity wells felt relly nice. The only thing i didnt like was the steering, i expected to just turn and burn to change the direction i am going, not only turning like on train tracks. Keep it up!

lenophie 2020-10-06 18:13

Damn, that's a nice surprise I got when the camera zoomed out when I left Earth's orbit! it definitely has a nice atsmosphere to it! I feel the game could have been a bit friendlier by refueling whenever you enter Earth's orbit for delivery tho :p Well done!

w0nk4 2020-10-06 18:16

This game is addictive. Good job! Absolutely on point. No feeling like drifting through space without fuel praying to hit fuel before a planet.

dani-el-urban 2020-10-06 18:42

The gravity mechanic is really fun once you get the hang of it. It's challenging, but not unfair, even though I couldn't get past 20 resources.

flying-dog-fish 2020-10-06 18:45

Great game, pretty graphics with just enough of a challenge.

davidpeterworks 2020-10-11 11:57

This one is great. Good game mechanics and polished idea. The visualized gravity field is good idea. It is challenging as well.

literal-games 2020-10-12 19:45

Nice idea with the gravity fields, felt quite smooth to move eventually. Music adds a lot to the atmosphere of the game. Great game!

tyruspeace 2020-10-15 03:38

Very good! Movement felt great once I was used to it. I appreciate the randomized levels, but I also wish I had a chance to retry in the same system so I could really get used to the spacing of things and feel a bit more progression/mastery in my own abilities.

anrqangel 2020-10-19 17:18

Very nice!! I loved it, fluid smooth controls, great concept with good mechanic. Decent art style and graphics.. Maybe some kind of tutorial or explanation of what happens when close to a planet, at first I thought they were shooting at me.. Still, good job!!

jonathan-lorenz 2020-10-22 15:24

It's a pretty hard game, but I loved the mood of it! A little note about the html version on itch : I would suggest you increase the viewport height of about 20 px and uncheck the "fullscreen" button of itch. Good job!

bigbadollie 2020-10-27 15:09

Really great game. Hard but fun in the perfect mix :)